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                 The *First Ever* _Blake's 7_ WWW Zine!!

        That's right, boys and girls, we (Pita Enriquez Harris and Reba
Bandyopadhyay) have decided to put our money where our mouths are and start
up the first electronically available Blake's 7 zine!  We figured, if so many
other fandoms have fiction available on the Internet, why shouldn't we?  So,
here are the gory details...

        Firstly, we are hereby soliciting SUBMISSIONS!  Veteran fanfic
authors and first-time contributors alike, we want to hear from YOU!  We
especially encourage those of you who have not published fanfic before to
give it a try with us!  We are setting the submission deadline as 1 March
1996, with the first edition of the ezine coming on line on 1 April 1996.
One of the advantages of an electronic zine is the short turnaround time!

GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION:

(1) Length: Any length is acceptable, from short vignettes to novels.  Though
if it's the latter, we may want to serialize it!

(2) Adult material: We do not mind having 'adult' material (whether het or
homo).  HOWEVER, we will NOT be accepting sexually explicit work of any
kind.  (No PWPs!)  Of course, there is always debate over what constitutes
'sexually explicit', but basically, kissing is good, descriptive 'tab A slot
B' scenes are bad, and before-and-after scenes are OK.  In any case, the
editors reserve the right to decide what stories are unacceptable on the
basis of sexual content.

(3) Other sub-genres: Alternate Universes, Crossovers, Parodies/Humour and
most other things are just peachy keen with us.  ;)

(4) Poetry: We the editors are *extremely* picky about poetry quality, so be
warned.  By all means, submit poetry if you believe it to be quite good.  If
we like it, we'll print it.

(5) Art: Yes, it *will* be possible to include digitized art on the web
page.  Therefore, please submit some!  If you already have your fan art
digitized, that's excellent, submit it in digital form.  If you have some art
on paper which you wish to submit, we have scanning capability (both colour
and b/w).  Keep in mind that more detailed work (i.e. very fine pencilwork)
doesn't always scan terrifically.  Some things that do scan well are
oil/acrylic paintings, charcoal drawings, and line art (such as cartoons).
We'd really like to have some art, so please do send us some!

(6) How to submit: As this is an electronic zine, we would prefer submissions
to be in electronic form.  Plain ASCII text email is best, although we can
accept disk submissions for PCs or Macs either as MS Word or plain text.  We
will accept paper submissions, but it would seem a bit odd to get paper-only
submissions for an ezine!  ;)  Contact one of us if you have questions about
electronic submissions.

(7) Copyright: The authors/artists retain all rights to the material, but we
reserve the right to reprint the story or art in future publications (though
we will make every effort to inform you if we do reprint it).  We do not mind
if you have submitted the same work to a conventional zine previously;
however, please make sure that the editors of the zine in which your work was
first printed give permission for it to be electronically available!

(8) Contact Info: Please provide contact info with all submissions, both
email and snail mail addresses.

        And what will contributors get in return for their hard work?  Well,
besides the thrill of sharing it with the rest of us, you will receive a
TRIBBER'S HARDCOPY of the zine.  We will create special edition hardcopies of
each issue of the ezine, nicely laid out and complete with artwork, just for
those of you who contribute material.  Is that a good enough incentive?  =)

        Secondly, we're also looking for out-of-print classics!  You know,
all those legendary stories you've heard about from the early days of B7
fandom, but which are practically impossible to get a hold of now.  Well, if
you have an out-of-print story of your own that you would like to see
reprinted, please send it!  If you have any suggestions for things you would
like to see reprinted, please send us the titles and author names, preferably
with contact info for the authors if you have it.  We will not be reprinting
any story *without* the permission of the original author, so we'll make
every effort to track them down and any bit of info as to where we might find
them will be useful!

        As this is a Web-based zine, the cost will of course be FREE, except
for whatever computer charges you normally incur in accessing the Internet.
Because the zine is free and has a fast turnaround, the issues will have
fewer stories than regular print zines (we're aiming for a maximum of 10
stories per issue), but should be published more frequently!

        The Website will be PASSWORD-PROTECTED, i.e. you will have to
register your email address and a password before gaining access to the
site.  This process is immediate, and so will not incur delay in reading the
zine.  Having password protection just allows the editors to keep track of
how many people are 'buying' copies of the zine, and allows us some measure
of control in the distribution of your work.

        Finally, the editors' policy is to edit for grammar, spelling,
quality of writing, plot holes, and minor story details.  We do not edit for
style or plot content.  That said, of course the editors reserve the right to
ask for story rewrites and/or reject stories outright.

        We are looking forward to making the first Blake's 7 ezine a
successful, high quality fan publication.  So please contribute!  We are
looking forward to hearing from you!

Cheers!

Reba Bandyopadhyay      r...@astro.ox.ac.uk      
                      URL: http://www-astro.physics.ox.ac.uk/~rmb/index.html
Pita Enriquez Harris    enriquez%immsvr....@ox.ac.uk
                      URL: http://sable.ox.ac.uk/~enriquez